Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-1553-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 61773

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that the Beans component in OpenJDK 6 did not properly prevent access to restricted classes. A remote attacker could use this to create an untrusted Java applet or application that would bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2012-1682)

It was discovered that functionality in the AWT component in OpenJDK 6 made it easier for a remote attacker, in conjunction with other vulnerabilities, to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2012-0547).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1553-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 61773

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1553-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-lib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-zero, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-6-jre-cacao, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-6-jre-jamvm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0547, CVE-2012-1682

BID: 55336, 55339

USN: 1553-1